entanglement
Americannoun
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the act of entangling.
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the state of being entangled.
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something that entangles; snare; involvement; complication.
Other Word Forms
- interentanglement noun
Etymology
Origin of entanglement
Example Sentences
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Historian Jorell A. Meléndez-Badillo hopes Bad Bunny’s halftime show will combat “acute ignorance” about Puerto Rico and its ongoing entanglement with the United States.
From Los Angeles Times
“Additionally, because concertina coils are rigid and stay under tension, they don’t ‘sag’ or create the loose, invisible snares that single-strand wires often do over time, which helps reduce the risk of accidental wildlife entanglement.”
From Los Angeles Times
Researchers at the University of Basel and the Laboratoire Kastler Brossel have shown that quantum entanglement can be used to measure several physical quantities at the same time with greater accuracy than traditional methods allow.
From Science Daily
Such control could influence key properties such as entanglement, magnetic noise, and quantum critical behavior.
From Science Daily
Further, there was no guarantee that military action would bring down the regime or avoid messy long-term entanglements.
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